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hegemony (hĭjĕm`ənē, hē–, hĕj`əmō'nē, hĕg`ə–), [Gr.,=leadership], dominance, originally of one Greek city-state over others, the term has been extended to refer to the dominance of one nation over others, and, following Gramsci Gramsci, Antonio (antôn`yô gräm`shē), 1891–1937, Italian political leader and theoretician. ..... Click the link for more information. , of one class over others. Conflict over hegemony fills history from the war between Athens and Sparta to the Napoleonic wars, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War. Gramsci's use of the concept extends it beyond international relations to class structure and even to culture. BibliographySee K. J. Holsti, The Dividing Discipline (1985). hegemony ascendancy or domination of one power or state within a league, confederation, etc., or of one social class over others How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the context of competing hegemonies, moves by VIT to incorporate youth work into the role of trained teachers and school welfare officers could be viewed in Gramscian terms as a form of counter attack from the custodians of the official hegemony and an acknowledgment of the subversive threat of youth work to the dominant pedagogical hegemony currently operating within schools. This phenomenon focuses the work of contemporary novelists who restore the female gaze erased for centuries by respective hegemonies. My reading of Bone exposes the metaleptic maneuver which establishes a fictive effect of authority, the maneuver by which hegemonies are authorized and identities established. |
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